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With the exception of Highschool, all of these programs cost something.
Police Academy is a special case, but for the others, you gotta come up
with cash.
- Your Options Are:
- Financial Aid:
- Yep, this is still available in the '20s, but it ain't easy to
get. Roll a D10 + INT + LUCK + Education & Gen Knowledge. You
need a 25 for full scholarship/grant. An 18 will get you student
loans. You get one financial aid roll at the beginning of each
program you take. If successful, you get the financial aid you
qualified for for the full duration of the program. If you fail, you
cannot try again for financial aid for that program. For every year
of student loans you take, you must repay 50eb per month for 10
years after you finish school. (5 years of student loans means
250eb/month, NOT 50eb/month for 50 years)
- Work For It:
- You can work for education money. If you choose this option, it
takes one year longer to complete the program. Alternatively, you
can complete it in the normal time, but with decreased results. If
you choose this option, remove 11 - INT points from the skills
earned in the program, as you don't have enough time to for your
studies and employment.
- Sell Out To A Corporation:
- Some corps will pay for your education, and guarantee a job when
you finish. If you take this option, the corp chooses what skills
you take wherever there is a choice available within your program,
and you have a 5 year contract with them for every year of education
they paid for.
- Military Service:
- For every 2 years of prior military service in the us armed
forces, the government will pay for 1 year of education. Service in
other military organizations may qualify for similar benefits at the
GM's discretion.
- In The Case Of Police Academy:
- The department pays for it, but you have an 8 year minimum
service contract when you graduate.
- A Note On Skill Point Costs:
- Normally, only pickup skill points can be spent on the education
programs. However, in the event that a character has too few pickup
skill points remaining for the program, they may spend career skill
points on it if, and only if, the package contains twice as many
points in career skills for that character as the number of career
skill points that character spends. The number of career skill
points spent into a program may never exceed the number of pickup
skill points spent into it.A character must apply all remaining
pickup skill points to a program before any career skill points may
be applied.
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Student's live a somewhat different life than the average streetpunk. For each year on your life path for which you were in school, use the following LifePath tables instead of the equivalent tables listed in the CP2020 main rulebook. Any table not listed here uses the tables from the main rulebook.
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| Disaster Strikes! Roll A D10 |
| 1-2: | Failed a class! Choose any one skill from your current education package, and reduce it by 1 point. |
| 3-4: | Expelled! You are expelled from the school, and may not continue education in the category of the program you were in at the time. If you were in the shortest version of any program, you gain none of the skills (but only spend one skill point). If you were in a longer version of your program, you take the highest version of the program you completed enough years for, but spend 1 extra skill point on it. (i.e., washing out in the 5th year of a 6 year medical program, you still get the 4 year program at +1 skill point cost) |
| 5: | Illness or Addiction! You have either contracted a serious illness, or become addicted to some drug (GM's choice, or 50% chance of either). Loose 1 point of either REF or COOL (D10, even = REF, odd = COOL). Additionally, if it is an addiction, roll 2D6 under your BODY, or you are still addicted. |
| 6: | Financial Disaster! You have to take time off from school to earn the extra money. Increase the time to complete your current program by 1 year. (If in Police Academy, you have a D10x500eb debt instead) |
| 7: | Accident! You were in some sort of horrible accident. Roll a D10. 1-4, you were terribly disfigured. Subtract D10/2 from your ATTR. 5-7, you were hospitalized for d10 months. If you roll 3 or more, take an extra year to complete your current program. 8-9, subtract D6/2 points from skills in your current program, due to lost study time. 10, you still have nightmares about the accident which cause you to wake screaming (7 in 10 chance each night). |
| 8: | Lover, friend, or relative killed. Roll a D10. 1-5, they died accidentally. 6-8, they were murdered by unknown parties. 9-10, they were murdered, and you're pretty sure who did it. Roll a second D10, 1-2, the guilty party has been arrested/charged with the crime. 3-4, the guilty party has been charged, but remains at large. 5-9, no charges have been made. 10, the cops think you did it! |
| 9: | False Accusation! Roll a D10. 1-2, the accusation is theft. 3-4, accused of cheating, and expelled from one class. Reduce 1 skill in your current package by 1 point. 5-6, accused of cowardice. 7-8, accused of murder. 9-10, accused of rape. |
| 10: | Mental or Physical Incapacitation. Roll a D10. 1-3, it's some type of nervous disorder, probably from bioplague-- Loose 1 point of REF. 4-7, it's some kind of mental problem. You suffer from anxiety attacks, and/or phobias. Loose 1 point from COOL. 8-10, it's a physical problem. You suffer from shakes, or the effects of some debilitating illness. Loose 1 point from BODY.
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| You Get Lucky! Roll A D10 |
| 1: | You excel at your studies! Finish your current program 1 year ahead of schedule, or, if this is your final year, add +1 to any two skills in your current package. |
| 2: | Financial Windfall! If you are working your way through your current program, you needn't spend the extra year. If you are already in the final year, or paying by other means, you gain D10x200eb. |
| 3-4: | Join a Martial Arts/Fencing club on campus. Add +1 to any martial arts, fencing, or Melee skill, or begin one of these skills at +2. |
| 5-6: | You are a 'teachers pet'. One of your teachers takes a special liking to you. Add +1 to any skill in your current package. |
| 7: | Make friend with an intern in the City Government! Roll a D10. 1-4, they're in the police department. 5-7, they're in the DA's office. 8-10,They're in the mayors office. |
| 8: | Join an 'Outdoor Sports' club on campus. Add +1 to Wilderness Survival, Athletics, Swimming, or Endurance. |
| 9: | A local boostergang has decided they like you (you have no idea why). You may call upon them for one favor/month as if you had a gang rank of +2, but don't push it, or you may find yourself on the wrong side of your 'friends' hardware. |
| 10: | Find a Combat teacher! Add +1 to any weapon skill except Martial Arts or Fencing, or start a new skill at +2
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